i found some small flies in my enclosure...
whenever I mist the substrate, they pop up.
are they gona hurt my baby tortoise??
what should i do??
whenever I mist the substrate, they pop up.
are they gona hurt my baby tortoise??
what should i do??
lynnedit said:Baoh, I have used the beneficial nematodes outside, because it is safe around pets and kids. What brand/source do you use?
And where do you get the praying mantis nymphs this time of year? Once they mature, what do you do?
y4433264336 said:can i use this?
Baoh said:lynnedit said:Baoh, I have used the beneficial nematodes outside, because it is safe around pets and kids. What brand/source do you use?
And where do you get the praying mantis nymphs this time of year? Once they mature, what do you do?
I use a vendor on eBay.
I hatch the nymphs from ootheca by adding them to the enclosures where the warmth accelerates development. Imagines can be released outside (depending upon the species) if the weather is hospitable, but I typically give them to my leopard geckos, horned frog, and other animals. Since I keep a horned frog in one particular enclosure, it tends to take care of this itself. He is not so much a pet as much as he is a culling device for unfit leopard gecko offspring. My Manouria occasionally eat the mantises, too.